Face to face

Face to face

Face to face, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù Xi ū D ā ngmi à n, which means not to treat face-to-face criticism as humiliation; to express willingness to listen to others' criticism. It comes from Liu Hong's maidservant.

Notes on Idioms

Shame: shame.

The origin of Idioms

In Yuan Dynasty, the first fold of Liu Hong's maidservant married by Wu Mingshi: "a gentleman is not ashamed to face me. What's wrong with me?"

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive. Example: in Ming Fu Shi's Vinegar gourd, the leader of Ming Fu Shi's religion, the gentleman is not shy to face